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IJi■iiiHEARSV#St* *lution ei§*ure of thenance,s' ordi*•ounoil r per*» uponpublicduringFebru-n lt;iur-of tin*ilotl by fifteennot ex-n\ con-\t'il to Q blow will;t Mon*acco Hilton* toa nee.ikern.H Fut-ingressat tli«*o’* lock lirist Ian ys Girlsion villa, la readM lllfl'tMiss Elsie Druggan, daughter of Squire John Hruggn, of this city, who is now at tin* Belgian military hospital on the seashore at LaPanne, Belgium,has just written another very interesting letter to her homefolks. Mtss Druggun is a trained nurse and has been in Belgium several months.Her latest letter te||H of being under bombardment, with great shells from both British and German guns Hulling over the LaPanne hospital, and with aeroplanes soaring about as thickly as one sees autos in theUnited Slates.The letter follows:LaPanne, Belgium, September 18, 1916Well 1 must write, whether I get any answers or not. ’TIb generally reported that American mail is to cease coming to Belgium, but I can get no official Information to thateffect. If I tind ’(is true, I shall have my letters sent to England and then forwarded here.Work is going on here quite rapidly now. We are busy, quite busy in our ward now. Have not had the “huge rush” that has been predicted, but asteady increase each day for a week.However, we’re still getting our timeoff duty and half days, so we’re not feeding overworked.The weather continues fine and I am trying to take advantage of It by making trips here and there, for am quite sure It will he Impossible when winter comes. Had my half day Tuesday and it was u beautiful day. A couple of English gtrls, not trained nurses, one a masseuse, and the other what they call V. A. D’s. (voluntary aid detachment) volunteer workers. They give their services entirely free. There are many such here and most of them are splendid girls. Many who have never had to work, give up their lives of ease, come out to the hospl-tals and “pitch in,” and generally speaking they’re the best workers. My room-mate is a V. A. D. and she is splendid.Well, I ran off the track, didn’t I. To proceed- these two girls and 1 spent the whole afternoon on a trip to Coxyde Bains and beyond. We got within plain sight of Nieuport, but couldn't go on. Encountered barbed-wire entanglements, fortifications and sentries One might make through the barbetl wire with time and patience, but time and patience don't count with the sentries. Anyway we had a delightful afternoon. Went over the dunes and carne back by the beach, getting back Just in time for supper and we were ready for it Had tea at a wayside hotel with cakes and jam, which helped. Had my camera along,but was rather extravagant with my films when first starting out, so that when we ran across some machine-guns hidden away behind the dunes,I had no more films, so yesterday afternoon on my off duty, 1 got an American and a Canadian nurse andhiked back up there and got the pictures. Have had none developed yet so don’t know how good they are,hut am hoping. Those I sent to London to be printed came a few days ago, so I am going to fix all I have in a package and address It to you and have Miss Guthrie post it in New York when she gets there. She leaves here In two weeks. If they are seut on to th*' other folks be sure they are registered each time, for they can’t all be duplicated, many of them can't for they were not taken on my films, ud I prize my pictures about as much s my souvenirs.Keep wondering what’s doing in America these days. The English papers arlt; awfully quiet about America these days. Occasionally we hear dreadful rumors, and then everythingquiets down again.I 4
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Athens Daily Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sat, Oct 09, 1915
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